THE PILLION

THE

HORSE AND HIS RIDER:

OR,

Sketches and Anecdotes of the Noble Quadruped,

and of Equestrian Nations.

BY ROLLO SPRINGFIELD.

LONDON:

CHAPMAN AND HALL 186 STRAND.

MDCCCXLVII.

LONDON.

VIZETELLY BROTHERS AND CO., PRINTERS AND ENGRAVERS,

PETERBOROUGH COURT, FLEET STREET.

CONTENTS.

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CHAPTER		PAGE
I.	Domestication of the Horse—Horse Furniture—Various Breeds—Blood Horses—Ponies	1

II.	Physiognomy of the Horse—Sagacity—Fidelity—Sociability, &c.—Anecdotes—Insanity	23

III.	Vices, and Disagreeable or Dangerous Habits	50

IV.	Speed and Endurance—Carnivorous Horses—Horseflesh as Food—Horsebaiting	66

V.	Primitive State of Wild Horses—The Steppes	86